#13 - Sex Offender

posted Jan 21, 2015, 6:50 AM by Felicia Ippolito

January 12, 2015

Dear
Parents/Guardians and Members of the P.S. 108 Community:

Our school has
received a notification from the New York City Police Department that a
“registered sex offender” has moved to a residence in zip code 11420. The purpose of the notification is to inform
entities with vulnerable populations of the presence of a person who poses a
potential danger. As principal of this
school, I have relayed this information to appropriate school staff and by this
letter seek to inform you.

Our school will keep
information about this registered sex offender on file in the Main Office as
well as the Office of the Parent Coordinator.
In addition, information about registered sex offenders is available on
the NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services website, located at http://www.criminaljustice.state.ny.us
or by calling 1-800-262-3257, or through the subdirectory of level three (high
risk) registered sex offenders maintained at the NYPD, One Police Plaza, Room
110 C, New York, New York. The website
can also be accessed through the Department of Education’s website, www.nycenet.edu, through the Office of School
Intervention and Development home page.

On the back of this
page you will find a copy of the photograph of this registered sex
offender. Security procedures at the
schools will be strictly enforced, including visitor control procedures.

The teachers at our
school reinforce with students the importance of not responding to strangers
and actions each child should take if approached by a stranger, including reporting
it to responsible adults. I would ask
that each of you discuss these issues with all the children in your home. It is not our intention to alarm the
children, but to help them develop skills to better protect themselves from the
potential danger of speaking to or going off with a stranger.

These procedures are
part of our continuing effort to provide a safe environment for all children in
this school.